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the fbi couldn't get in because of security conditions. u.s. personnel, nonessential personnel had been sent home. there were fewer to do that. but the fbi, frankly, once they opened an investigation, ordinarily should have and may have, we don't know, but should have coordinated with their u.s. government agency counterparts. if they couldn't secure it, you ask the host government. if the host government is incapable, we did fly in additional marines to guard the embassy in tripoli. was there military u.s. personnel available to help secure it? obviously that didn't happen. it's one of those unanswered questions we don't know but what we do know is the consequences of failing to secure the crime scene absolutely will call into question the integrity of the information that's gathered there. >> bob, what does this say to you, that this site was not secured? >> anderson, i think the whole thing's just outrageous. i completely agree with fran. look, that consulate was overrun and we don't even begin to understand what was lost there. we've lost c
the fbi couldn't get in because of security conditions. u.s. personnel, nonessential personnel had been sent home. there were fewer to do that. but the fbi, frankly, once they opened an investigation, ordinarily should have and may have, we don't know, but should have coordinated with their u.s. government agency counterparts. if they couldn't secure it, you ask the host government. if the host government is incapable, we did fly in additional marines to guard the embassy in tripoli. was there...
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. >> it's important to know that there's an fbi investigation that has begun and will take some time to be completed. at will tell us with certainty what transpired but our current best assessment based on the information that we have at present is that in fact, what this began as was a spontaneous, not a premeditated response to what had transpired in cairo. in cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated. >> the u.n. ambassador susan rice. two sundays ago, took another three days before the administration began acknowledging what many experts say should have been obvious. >> let me begin by asking you whether you would say that ambassador stevens and the three other americans died as a result of a terrorist attack. >> certainly on that particular question, i would say yes. they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy. >> two days later, secretary of state clinton made it even plainer. >> what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack and we will not res
. >> it's important to know that there's an fbi investigation that has begun and will take some time to be completed. at will tell us with certainty what transpired but our current best assessment based on the information that we have at present is that in fact, what this began as was a spontaneous, not a premeditated response to what had transpired in cairo. in cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video...
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there is investigation by the fbi as to what happened in benghazi. and there's a review answering some of the questions asked. but how can you ask the secretary to come before the information is known? it's also important to note that the republican appropriation in congress gave the administration $300 million less than it asked for for the state department including funding for security. >> are you suggesting that there was a financial aspect to what happened in benghazi, libya? that the u.s. didn't have enough money to protect american diplomats? >> no. what i'm saying is congress has the right of oversight, but it also has the power of the purse. so as it looks to what the fundamentals are here, we have to know -- nobody's going to know by next week, but we have to have a full investigation and accountability for it. but we also have to look to ourselves in terms of that funding question, $300 million less than the administration asked for. >> and we know the state department, the secretary has asked thomas pickering to launch this full scale inv
there is investigation by the fbi as to what happened in benghazi. and there's a review answering some of the questions asked. but how can you ask the secretary to come before the information is known? it's also important to note that the republican appropriation in congress gave the administration $300 million less than it asked for for the state department including funding for security. >> are you suggesting that there was a financial aspect to what happened in benghazi, libya? that...
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fugitive case in phoenix and every fbi agent thought the other guy had pulled the prints and put them in the suspect. it's probably pretty mundane but people will speculate and make it more interesting. >> he started off on the straight and narrow. he first came out of harvard, went to work for a very prestigious law firm in new york city. when he went to arizona he tried to set up a system where you would have lawyers appointed for indigents. in may he takes off with $100,000 of a client's, allegedly, and starts off on this life of crime. >> what's this spying about? >> the espionage case has to do with -- as all of this was spinning up in the fraud thing, he apparently tried to make contact with or made contact with a hostile foreign power or intelligence officer. and because of his former secret clearances, the fact that he was a reservist in intelligence, that's what he was saying, where they do very sensitive work, they wanted to know why are you talking to these people? that is something now that they have him they will focus on. >> he was hiding in plain sight, having pictures
fugitive case in phoenix and every fbi agent thought the other guy had pulled the prints and put them in the suspect. it's probably pretty mundane but people will speculate and make it more interesting. >> he started off on the straight and narrow. he first came out of harvard, went to work for a very prestigious law firm in new york city. when he went to arizona he tried to set up a system where you would have lawyers appointed for indigents. in may he takes off with $100,000 of a...
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story with the new developments >>j.r: i have been mingling back and forth with officials from the fbi who tell me, this is not a bonds surged. it is a site survey. crews are busy at work. here are pictures from the area and the central valley that is close of to the public. this picture shows a very rural area outside of land in california which is northeast of stockton. this second picture is obviously from a distance of but in it, you can make out some of the machinery that those with the fbi have on site they confirm that this is their equipment but digging is not happening. this is some of the digging of that has happened in the past. >> they have their heavy machinery there. you would think that once they find at least one of these wells they would get to work in day. the last time they dug a well it to them at least a week. >>pam: and 110 shooting victim may soon be well enough to be released from children hospital in oakland. if the shooting took place last thursday at his home. below boy was struck by one of 16 shots fired by an unknown shooter. the bullet remains lodged in th
story with the new developments >>j.r: i have been mingling back and forth with officials from the fbi who tell me, this is not a bonds surged. it is a site survey. crews are busy at work. here are pictures from the area and the central valley that is close of to the public. this picture shows a very rural area outside of land in california which is northeast of stockton. this second picture is obviously from a distance of but in it, you can make out some of the machinery that those with...
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the fbi and the county sheriff are investigating here. the third border patrol agent killed in the line of duty this year. >>> trying to say debris floating around in space is becoming a major problem and now boeing has an idea about how to clean it up. here's a plan. to shoot inert gas into space which would slow down fast-moving space junk forcing it to fall toward earth's atmosphere where it would burn up upon entry. they say space travel could become difficult. who are the guys sitting around coming up with this? >> nerds. thank god we have them. >>> so if you are traveling today, dense fog could be a major factor for you. it's up and down the east coast. we have a live look at columbus circle, you can barely see, in new york city. rob marciano has so much more from atlanta. >> the good news is it's pretty warm out. >> that's true. >> you don't need a winter coat to enjoy the fog. up and count east coast, tropical moisture in place, stagnant air and visibilities are down below a quarter of a mile. teterboro, a ground stop there, delay
the fbi and the county sheriff are investigating here. the third border patrol agent killed in the line of duty this year. >>> trying to say debris floating around in space is becoming a major problem and now boeing has an idea about how to clean it up. here's a plan. to shoot inert gas into space which would slow down fast-moving space junk forcing it to fall toward earth's atmosphere where it would burn up upon entry. they say space travel could become difficult. who are the guys...
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. >>> the fbi will investigate a controversial shooting death. a wheelchair bound resident was acting aggressively. a double amputee advanced towards officers holding an object. it turned out to be a pen. one officer shot him in the head. he died on the scene. >>> the army exist arrested in a 2009 shooting massacre in'hood in texas is in a hospital this morning. he was admitted saturday for an undisclosed condition. the military says he is expected to be released within 48 hours. 13 people died in the shooting. 32 others wounded. >>> a couple accused of trying to extort $5 million from stevie wonder will be on probation for the next three years after pleading no contest in los angeles. prosecutors say walker and his girlfriend allegedly threatened to sell false information about wonder and his family to the tabloids unless wonder paid up. >>> facebook says private messages dating back to 2009 and earlier are not being posted on user's public time lines. its engineers checked out the situation after some folks actually complained. they say the old
. >>> the fbi will investigate a controversial shooting death. a wheelchair bound resident was acting aggressively. a double amputee advanced towards officers holding an object. it turned out to be a pen. one officer shot him in the head. he died on the scene. >>> the army exist arrested in a 2009 shooting massacre in'hood in texas is in a hospital this morning. he was admitted saturday for an undisclosed condition. the military says he is expected to be released within 48...
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marshal has turned up one of the fbi's most wanted criminals after 30 years on the run. john donald cody was already under arrest in ohio under the name bobby thompson but a search matched an old photo of cody to his alter ego. the feds want him in connection with a multimillion dollar charity scam. >>> all right something missing from the ikea catalog in one country, moms! the giant furniture retailer ikea apologizing for the saudi arabian version of its catalog. it deleted all traces of women from the magazine. and from its companion website. apparently in accordance with saudi arabian rules about showing women in public. but ikea now says it regrets the move and that excluding women is in conflict with the company's values. >> can't take mom out of the catalog. all right ahead on "starting point," spanning the world to find the greatest moments in sports. award winning sports caster len berman, no relation, joins us to talk about his new book. >>> welcome back to "starting point" everyone. they are the stories that inspire us. those come from behind victories, struggl
marshal has turned up one of the fbi's most wanted criminals after 30 years on the run. john donald cody was already under arrest in ohio under the name bobby thompson but a search matched an old photo of cody to his alter ego. the feds want him in connection with a multimillion dollar charity scam. >>> all right something missing from the ikea catalog in one country, moms! the giant furniture retailer ikea apologizing for the saudi arabian version of its catalog. it deleted all traces...
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. >> one of the fbi's most wanted white collar criminals in custody this morning after 30 years on the run. this is incredible. john donald cody was already under arrest in ohio under the name bobby thompson. a lucky google search by a bored u.s. marshal matched an old photo of cody to his alter ego. they want him in connection with a charity scam. he may have ripped off millions of donors intended for veterans. he's also wanted for questioning in a spy case. >> googling. incredible. a bored person googling there. >> a bored person as we all do and it paid off. >>> opening up the so-called perversion files. the boy scouts will report to authorities hundreds of adult leaders who have confessed to molesting scouts since the 1960s. they'll turn information over to officials in the jurisdictions ar the abuse happened. some could face criminal charges and in cases where statute of limitations of reporting cases have not expired, civil cases could still be brought. >>> an iran i person who came with mahmoud ahmadinejad stayed in new york instead of going back home. he now wants to stay in th
. >> one of the fbi's most wanted white collar criminals in custody this morning after 30 years on the run. this is incredible. john donald cody was already under arrest in ohio under the name bobby thompson. a lucky google search by a bored u.s. marshal matched an old photo of cody to his alter ego. they want him in connection with a charity scam. he may have ripped off millions of donors intended for veterans. he's also wanted for questioning in a spy case. >> googling....
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the main concern i have, frankly, is that we still may not have good access of our fbi agents and other investigators to the site. i don't think when you say there's been a long delay in being forthcoming, i don't think there's been a delay in being forthcoming. i think the administration has shared information the best that they had at the time. we continue to try to learn just what parts of this were spontaneous and what parts of this was preplanned. was this a situation where al qaeda or al qaeda affiliated organizations and militias in libya were looking for the right opportunity and took it when it presented itself, or were the demonstrations themselves part of the planning? so we're still trying to get the answers to those questions. but, again, i think our ambassador, the intelligence community and others have been very careful to caution, look, we want to give you the information as we get it. but you have to know this could change because our information is still coming in. >> you know, what i don't understand about this story is there seems to be a suggestion in some of the di
the main concern i have, frankly, is that we still may not have good access of our fbi agents and other investigators to the site. i don't think when you say there's been a long delay in being forthcoming, i don't think there's been a delay in being forthcoming. i think the administration has shared information the best that they had at the time. we continue to try to learn just what parts of this were spontaneous and what parts of this was preplanned. was this a situation where al qaeda or al...
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the fbi is investigating. >>> and still ahead, much more on tomorrow night's debate and this. one pilot calls it embarrassing, seats coming loose on a major airline. but is this part of a larger problem? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> a husband, a wife, and their oldest son being deployed to afghanistan. >> how hard is this for your family? >> not real sure. i don't think it has hit them yet. >>> plus, the first woman to moderate a presidential debate joins me live. what carol simpson thinks we can expect tomorrow night. >>> and police officers accused of raining a woman, but they press charges against her. now, the backlash. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressa
the fbi is investigating. >>> and still ahead, much more on tomorrow night's debate and this. one pilot calls it embarrassing, seats coming loose on a major airline. but is this part of a larger problem? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> a husband, a wife, and their oldest son being deployed to afghanistan. >> how hard is this for your family? >> not real sure. i don't think it has hit them yet. >>> plus, the first woman to moderate a presidential...
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twenty days the fbi is in libya, the fbi, megyn, is not in benghazi. megyn: trace, thank you. >>> well, the president's team fielding tough new questions over the weekend about whether president obama should have chosen to campaign the day we learned -- we, the american people -- learned that terrorists add attacked and killed four americans including our ambassador and our consulate in libya. >> was it ip appropriate for him to go to a fundraiser the day after this attack? now in retrospect knowing that it was a terrorist attack, inappropriate for him to engage in politics as usual? megyn: we will debate the answer from chief adviser david plouffe ahead, fair and can balanced. >>> then, growing outrage over a suggestion to use your federal money to bail out states in trouble. there are [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ r
twenty days the fbi is in libya, the fbi, megyn, is not in benghazi. megyn: trace, thank you. >>> well, the president's team fielding tough new questions over the weekend about whether president obama should have chosen to campaign the day we learned -- we, the american people -- learned that terrorists add attacked and killed four americans including our ambassador and our consulate in libya. >> was it ip appropriate for him to go to a fundraiser the day after this attack? now...
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in clarksburg, west virginia there's a huge fbi fast. 70 million prints. they have wanted posters on this guy for federal irs indictment for fraud and suspected espionage. you would have thought they would have add his prints to the file. >> he was never arrested. just indicted. >> the military had his prints on file like they have prints on everyone, particularly those in military intelligence. what should have happened is an agent should have gone down to the military, picked up those prints when they put out the wanted poster, added them to the system. what this means he could have been stopped for dui. >> the moral of this story we need to make sure we coordinate all prints. >> i bet what happened here is you got an irs case in phoenix, an espionage case in washington, i bet every agent in every office thought the other guy pulled the prints and put them in the system. it's pretty mundane but people will speculate. >> he was scamming money from people who wanted it to go veterans? >> that's what they allege. what's interesting he started off on the str
in clarksburg, west virginia there's a huge fbi fast. 70 million prints. they have wanted posters on this guy for federal irs indictment for fraud and suspected espionage. you would have thought they would have add his prints to the file. >> he was never arrested. just indicted. >> the military had his prints on file like they have prints on everyone, particularly those in military intelligence. what should have happened is an agent should have gone down to the military, picked up...
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senior correspondent john my ser a former fbi assistant director. he's here. and we came back from this interview -- i told you what he said and you thought it was pretty interesting. >> i thought it was a surprise. and as world leaders gather around new york for the u.n. general assembly, their motorcades are bound to pass one of the many billboards asking for their help in locating robert levinson, but the intended audience for that ad campaign may be just one man, iran's president mahmood ahmadinejad. and as we learned, he may have the answers to a mystery that has consumed levinson's family for more than five years. >> reporter: is it one of those things that you get used to? >> oh, never. >> reporter: as i walked through times square with christine levinson and her son dan, neither were prepared for what they were about to see. there was robert levinson staring back at his wife and ston frson from an electronic billboard. the picture was taken from a mysterious video that the family received nearly two years ago. levinson, a retired fbi agent, pale and ga
senior correspondent john my ser a former fbi assistant director. he's here. and we came back from this interview -- i told you what he said and you thought it was pretty interesting. >> i thought it was a surprise. and as world leaders gather around new york for the u.n. general assembly, their motorcades are bound to pass one of the many billboards asking for their help in locating robert levinson, but the intended audience for that ad campaign may be just one man, iran's president...
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also, a suspicious bay area fire, and now the fbi is involved. why officials are so concerned. and a political fight gets so heated, punches are thrown. one man is arrested.
also, a suspicious bay area fire, and now the fbi is involved. why officials are so concerned. and a political fight gets so heated, punches are thrown. one man is arrested.
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. >> more than two weeks after the deadly attack on our consulate in benghazi, the fbi are not there. but reportedly documents are left around unsecured. this is also an incredible story. >> it indeed is, larry. a "washington post" reporter visited the wounded consulate today and found no presence of security. the post found sensitive official documents scattered on the floors, including evacuation plans in case of attack, ambassador stevens' schedule and the names of libyan nationals working for the consulate, all lying in the open unsecured. the investigators have remained in tripoli hundreds of miles away from benghazi because of safety concerns and libyan contractors say they have not been contracted by the libyan or american governments. the post reports the only security at the compound is two private guards paid for by the landlord. larry, back to you. >> wow, great stuff. i turn back to the kudlow caucus for a quick whip around on this subject. is the benghazi couatastrophe going to become a big issue in this campaign? >> i think it dents president obama's reputation as an int
. >> more than two weeks after the deadly attack on our consulate in benghazi, the fbi are not there. but reportedly documents are left around unsecured. this is also an incredible story. >> it indeed is, larry. a "washington post" reporter visited the wounded consulate today and found no presence of security. the post found sensitive official documents scattered on the floors, including evacuation plans in case of attack, ambassador stevens' schedule and the names of...
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why can't the fbi get in there and do what they were sent there to do? >> the security situation on the ground there is so brittle that the libyan government is very reluctant to have a team of a couple of dozen fbi people going to benghazi, when the only people they could get to protect them are militias, and they know that the crime scene is long ago compromised, trampled through. it may or may not yield anything terribly important and if it does, if will yield it later. it is a difficult situation. >> any more information on the question of how much this may have been a preplanned attack? >> there is. and i think you have kind of put your thumb on the pulse of the problem there. in -- in these groups, we look for -- we want a wiring diagram, an organized picture, with al qaeda who ordered it. this group assisted. the problem is, the lines have blurred between these groups and their members. an sawar sharia are popping up in all of these countries. not al qaeda, but they are reading from the al qaeda narrative and they are influenced by formerly influe
why can't the fbi get in there and do what they were sent there to do? >> the security situation on the ground there is so brittle that the libyan government is very reluctant to have a team of a couple of dozen fbi people going to benghazi, when the only people they could get to protect them are militias, and they know that the crime scene is long ago compromised, trampled through. it may or may not yield anything terribly important and if it does, if will yield it later. it is a...
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northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi razed a 3,000-foot barn and dug under it. once the leader of the teamst s teamsters, the nation's largest union, hoffa's connection to organized crime kept him in hot water. >> i believe he was in a power struggle and was killed by an organized crime figure. >> reporter: that possibility could also explain the long silence. >> i mean, he's terrified right now. i can hear his voice trembling yesterday when i was talking to him. >> reporter: could this be where the 37-year search for hoffa finally ends? >> we have never advocate that had this is jimmy hoffa's resting place. we're strictly investigating this as a cold case homicide, and that has been our focus since the beginning. if it somehow happens to be mr. hoffa, well, great, it will end a major mystery. >> reporter: police say it will take about two hours to take a core soil sample that will be sent to a forensic anthropologist at michigan state university, and if they find signs of human remains, then they are going to dig this d
northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi razed a 3,000-foot barn and dug under it. once the leader of the teamst s teamsters, the nation's largest union, hoffa's connection to organized crime kept him in hot water. >> i believe he was in a power struggle and was killed by an organized crime figure. >> reporter: that possibility could also explain the long silence. >> i mean, he's terrified right now. i can hear his...
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northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi razed a 3,000-foot barn and dug under it. once the leader of the teamst s teamsters, the nation's largest union, hoffa's connection to organized crime kept him in hot water. >> i believe he was in a power struggle and was killed by an organized crime figure. >> reporter: that possibility could also explain the long silence. >> i mean, he's terrified right now. i can hear his voice trembling yesterday when i was talking to him. >> reporter: could this be where the 37-year search for hoffa finally ends? >> we have never advocate that had this is jimmy hoffa's resting place. we're strictly investigating this as a cold case homicide, and that has been our focus since the beginning. if it somehow happens to be mr. hoffa, well, great, it will end a major mystery. >> reporter: police say it will take about two hours to take a core soil sample that will be sent to a forensic anthropologist at michigan state university, and if they find signs of human remains, then they are going to dig this d
northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi razed a 3,000-foot barn and dug under it. once the leader of the teamst s teamsters, the nation's largest union, hoffa's connection to organized crime kept him in hot water. >> i believe he was in a power struggle and was killed by an organized crime figure. >> reporter: that possibility could also explain the long silence. >> i mean, he's terrified right now. i can hear his...
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remember the fbi has to make this determination. they are still not in benghazi. state department will say, those that al qaeda and aqim is active in the region. there's arms coming from mali into libya and this is one of the countries where you have a new government that isn't in fully control of security in the area. >> they don't have the evidence, they are waiting for the fbi to investigate. do they have anything to suggest there might be a link? >> they don't say that they have evidence either way. what they do and talk about is one of the extremist groups in the are a, who is believed to be behind this but still don't have the evidence to assert that at this point may have some relationship with al qaeda. they just can't say either way. >> with us now arizona senator john mccain. senator, pleasure to have you here. before we talk politic, let me ask you this question. you knew the ambassador. admired the ambassador. what do you worry about here in the fact that there seems to be an inability to find out what happened, whether it's spontaneous or was there so
remember the fbi has to make this determination. they are still not in benghazi. state department will say, those that al qaeda and aqim is active in the region. there's arms coming from mali into libya and this is one of the countries where you have a new government that isn't in fully control of security in the area. >> they don't have the evidence, they are waiting for the fbi to investigate. do they have anything to suggest there might be a link? >> they don't say that they have...
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northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi raised a 3,000 foot barn and dug under it. once the leader of the teamsters, the nash's largest union, his connection with organized crime kept him in hot water. >> i believe the stories that hoffa was in a power struggle. i believe hoffa was killed by organized crime figures. >> reporter: that possibility could explain the informant's long silence. >> i mean, he is terrified. i could hear his voice tremble yesterday when i talked to him. >> reporter: could this be where the search for hoffa ends? >> we are investigating it as a cold case homicide. that's been our focus since the beginning. if it somehow happens to be mr. hoffa, great, it will end a major mystery. >> reporter: police say the work here will take about two hours. they're going to take that core soil sample, send it to a forensic anthropologist at michigan state university. if the examination of that soil sample turns up evidence of remains, then they'll start digging. willie? >> john yang, thanks so much. 7:20. here is
northern michigan, to giants stadium in new jersey, and to a farm outside detroit where in 2006 the fbi raised a 3,000 foot barn and dug under it. once the leader of the teamsters, the nash's largest union, his connection with organized crime kept him in hot water. >> i believe the stories that hoffa was in a power struggle. i believe hoffa was killed by organized crime figures. >> reporter: that possibility could explain the informant's long silence. >> i mean, he is...